A book about women, for women on November 22, 2015The Girl On The Train is one of The New York Times’ bestseller books for 2015. Paula Hawkins is a British female author. She talks about female problems in most of her work. She writes about domestic violence and the dangers of alcohol. She was once a journalist and one can find that unique journalistic […]
An unfortunate controversy on November 18, 2015Sir: An unfortunate controversy erupted on Iqbal Day this year when the federal government and three provinces did not announce a public holiday on November 9 while the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa decided to declare it a public holiday across the province.The nation needs to understand that Iqbal Day is not merely the birth anniversary […]
Presidents impartiality on November 17, 2015Sir: I was surprised to know that President Mamnoon Hussain has conveyed his desire to mediate between Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan. My first reaction was, why now and why one and a half years later? The tussle between the PM and Imran Khan started when the latter decided to protest against […]
Our own feminist movements on November 15, 2015Muslim Women Writers of the Subcontinent (1870-1950) is one of the best works done in English on Muslim women writers of South Asia. Munazza Yaqoob and Sofia Hussain, the editors of this book, worked with M Phil scholars and produced this work. Dr Munazza Yaqoob is an assistant professor of English at the female campus […]